Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Ownby

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus defaulting to keep and w/o prejudice to a future renomination. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:37, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Ownby[edit]

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Ownby's claim to notability is as the "International Commissioner" of the Boy Scouts of America, making him a member of the World Scout Committee, but the single citation given for that fact fails to list him as a member of that body, and it is not clear that membership on that body would be sufficient notability anyway. Insufficient significant sources available; most sources are mere mentions in passing or entries in a list. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:42, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added sources to address your points. --evrik ^(talk) 00:36, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 16:29, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 16:29, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No evidence for notability. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 17:47, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the article has at least seven different citations that establish notability. --evrik ^(talk) 00:24, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The article, as of this moment, has seven citations. Please point out which of them establish Ownby's notability. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:15, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per evrik, who has done a great job to improve the article, thanks!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:08, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Respectfully, I would disagree. The sources provided do not appear to be sufficiently independent of the subject. Ownby may be a notable scout, but Wikipedia is a generalist publication; a person must be generally notable to be included. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:42, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I too disagree. The primary issue here is general encyclopedic notability, specifically WP:GNG. Even if one assumes the subject is a notable scout, that characterization does not define him as a notable person who warrants an encyclopedia entry. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 15:43, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:26, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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